NE BRITISH COUNCIL IN HONG KONG
The British Council was first established in Hong Kong in 1948.
Changes in the relationship between Britain and Hong Kong during the next ten years, and the territory's growing financial and economic role internationally, will demand a continuing high-profile British presence. The Council contributes to this by:
running an English Language Institute teaching some 30,000 students a year and providing language courses for public sector and corporate clients (including China Light and Power and China Resources);
recruiting and managing over 80 teachers of English for secondary schools in Hong Kong, under a 1987 contract with the Hong Kong government,
and (under a separate contract) arranging summer schools in Britain for Chinese teachers of English;
- providing teacher training courses for native speakers and, again under
contract to the Hong Kong government, giving refresher courses to school teachers;
- promoting British higher and further education through the Education
Counselling and Promotion Services, funded by British institutions. Over 8000 enquiries are answered each year, and over 100 marketing visits by the subscribing institutions managed. In 1989 the main exhibit at the official opening of the Hong Kong Exhibition Centre will be on British education.
sponsoring arts events, including both major British companies and less well-known artistes, and providing assistance to local organisations wishing to bring British groups to Hong Kong;
running a library in support of the English teaching operation and providing material on British society and culture to 12,000 members, who borrow over 90,000 books and cassettes a year;
supporting contacts between the universities and polytechnic in Hong Kong and institutions in Britain by funding short professional visits and scholarships.
Funding (1988/89 Estimates)
Total Country Programme
£5,129,000
(including apportionment of UK costs)
Expenditure within Hong Kong
£4,324,000
Revenue earned in Hong Kong
£2,473,000